Successfully summited Mount Robson on 8/5/14 at around 7:30 am. Started at the Dome at 3:30 am, topped out on the Kain Face at 5:30 am. Descent took 4.5 hours, the Kain Face was pretty scary and soft/dripping! Day 1 - trailhead to the moraine (3 miles past Berg Lake); Day 2 - to The Dome via R-R col; Day 3 - summit then packed up and back to moraine; Day 4 - back to trailhead. Awesome adventure, we got lucky with the weather!

Being solo, I took the direct finish (AI2-ish) to avoid crevasses, climbing into a white-out. I found some older tracks and what seemed like the high-point, then spent a scary couple of hours downclimbing the glacier and icefall in near-zero visibility. About 15h10 car-to-car, but it could have been much quicker in ideal conditions. Trip report.

Climbed in August 1955 with friends from the Bruin Mountaineers (UCLA) -- Ralph Kahl and Roy Bishop (both now deceased) and Jim Burrows (not from UCLA). Ascended 1200-foot packed snow wall northeast of summit. Arrived at summit at 4:30 PM. Descended the wall at night with green aurora borealis sparkling, and a red eclipsed moon (which can give you the exact date).

Wow, this has to be the longest interval between summiting and posting on all of Summitpost! Congratulations! (59 years late.) Sorry but there was no lunar eclipse in Aug, 1955, so we can't find your summit date.

Hiked to Berg Lake, next day to the Extinguisher tower campsites via fun seracs jumping. Next morning approached Mousetrap and did not like it. Continued to Robson-Resplendid Col and camped there. Climbed to the Dome via a spectacular knife-edge snow and rock gendarmes ridge. Next day climbed Kain Face in warm conditions with soft and sloppy snow: dubious protection, exhausting but easy climbing. Summited around 1pm. No ice on the summit “roof” due to high snow year. Rappelled Kain face in the afternoon when the face was in the shadow. Continued warm temps made the return via the Robson-Resplendid ridge scary. Weakened snow bridges on the glaciers were also problematic. Went as a team of 5 (2 rope teams), all summited!

Mount Robson infected me on first sight. It soon became obvious that climbing her is far more difficult and hazardous than any mountain I had ever experienced. Over the years, it was one humiliating defeat after another. Thus the notoriously low summiting rate for attempts on Robson: only 10%. Mount Robson became a state of mind, an obsession. I did some 'side trips' for training, like climbing beautiful Mount Resplendent, Robson’s neighbour. After three weather days on the Dome, it was a dream come true! Six expeditions and endless training and preparation paid off to realizing the hardest, finest, most mind-blowing climb of my life. Also see the trip report: "22-Year Mount Robson Dream Comes True"

This mountain was my introduction to the great Canadian Rockies. We formed a party of 4, 2 Alaskans, 1 climber from Georgia and myself from Nevada at the time. I made the horrible mistake of wearing plastic boots with a 60lb pack the whole way. Needless to say, my heels became hamburger during this trip. By the time we made it to the Dome through the Mousetrap Icefall after two nights of camping en route, we were in all out blizzard conditions. We got the tents up and did not set our watch alarms as we assumed we would be weathered in for at least a day. However, I first awoke to an incredible sunrise over a total cloud cover right below us, surreal scene. The GA climber bowed out for the summit attempt, but the rest of us jumped at the opportunity to throw our crampons and ice axes on and hit the 1000'+ ice wall. We then followed the SE approach to the summit. We returned to the Dome victorious, slept a little and then came all the way out the next day. We came off via the SE ridge, which required quite a few rappels and down climbing. We took 22 hours to arrive back at the parking lot. I revisited the Robson Glacier in April 2003. My wife and I snow shoed up to the Berg Lake cabin. We spent 2 nights at Berg Lake without a soul in sight and had a great wildlife experience. We had lunch at an ice cave in the glacier. This is a great mountain and park.

The ledges were dry except for a short bit near the start. As others have stated, this is the crux of the route, at least from a psychological standpoint. Great atmosphere on the roof, and conditions were perfect. Broke my ankle at the top of Little Robson on the way down, which slowed my descent to a hobble, but still managing a 1day round trip car to car though. This was my 6th attempt and well worth the wait.

After a day hike through the beautiful the Berg Lake trail and a traverse of the Robson Glacier our climbing party of three finally reached the bottom of the dome. On the next morning to all our surprise the sky cleared, there was no wind and the visibility was perfect. It was a perfect summit day, which is pretty rare event for Mt. Robson. As most of you might know, Mt. Robson is famous for its terrible weather conditions even during the so called climbing season July-August. The pyramid looking top is almost always covered with some nasty clouds. We start to make our way through the top. It took us only two hours to reach the ridge and we continue to move along the southern ridge in accordance with the Kain Face Route description. Just below the 50 deg ice cliff my climbing partner did not feel well, so wee had to retreat. I was a little bit disappointed, since we misted a perfect summit opportunity, but over all I was very pleased to climb this magnificent mount. I enjoyed the trip even though we did not reach the summit.

Climbed with T. Hains, J. Leonhard, C. Coulson, and myself, K. Sorensen. 5.4 to 5.6 rock moves and scree scrambling between Burg and Mist Glacier. No need to protect but scary with big packs and plastic boots. First third of face had great ice, good screw protection. Top two thirds was hard snow and ice covered rock. Couldn't protect with screws, only pickets which made progression slower. Rangers said it was a bad year. Got caught in earlier than expected storm. Couldn't find ridge to Kain Face. Spent two nights on top. Snowed about three feet during 40 hours on top. Bitter freezing temps. Finally had a clear day and made our way down dehydrated and hungry. Read full story in "Trip Reports."

In a long day, we climbed from Rearguard Meadows through the Ice Fall to the Dome, then waited for 2 days in fog and low clouds staring at parts of the Kain Face hoping for a break in the weather. Finally, it began to clear on the 3rd afternoon and we started for the top at around 2 the next morning. The Kain Face was a fabulous 6-pitch climb up snow and ice to the ridge, delicate ridge walk, and then more climbing to the final summit ridge. Wonderful climb when the weather cooperates. We climbed as 3 ropes of 3 to the top and down. Incredible mountain that has impressive size and utterly dominates the surrounding landscape of the Rockies.

A fantastic route of high quality compared to any of the sort worldwide. It had good rock, ice and pro. We had perfect weather and spent 3 days on the route. It will no doubt become a classic Grande Course route as the objective hazards are low and the climbing superb. Have fun, Eric.

Mountain of my dreams for years. Went up to the RF hut with 3 friends lookin' to do the Wishbone -- didn't happen. Spent the next four days trying to get up the SSW Ridge, but kept being pushed back by absolutely rotten weather. Only got as high as Little Robson. On the day we were going to descend, the clouds pushed on off and revealed a beautiful day. Late tho' it was, I had to give her a try. My buddies descended to the trailhead and I left the hut alone at 9:15a.m.!! (Great "alpine start", eh?!?) The route went quickly; getting over the Schwartz Ledges was a bit tricky, but other than that, no problems. I wound through the seracs at the top of the ridge rather than traverse across the Roof -- we'd seen the entire S face swept by an avalanche just two days earlier. Made the summit about 3:30, took some pics, smoked a Drum, and descended. Got back around 7:30. What an epiphany -- Mount Robson....solo !!!!